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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Oiltanker/ No Tomorrow split LP review

Oiltanker/
No Tomorrow split LP review

A pairing of two East Coast crust
bands by means of Profane Existence, this definitely sounded like an exciting
release when I first got word of it.Oiltanker has a pretty killer sound mixing crust and hardcore, while No
Tomorrow is mostly crust-laden D-beat- what more can a crusty ask for?The two previous releases Oiltanker has are
exemplary (the Crusades 7” and the Shadow of Greed LP) and No Tomorrow’s demo
tape was heavy and epic in its own right.This was a record designed for success.

The Oiltanker side is a
continuation of that crust-core sound-rolling drum beat, equal sounding guitars
and bass, and raspy hardcore shouts.It
isn’t innovative or progressive, but it kept my attention for the
duration.All the songs were pretty
good- worth streaming/ downloading, at least.If you like heavy crust or have been a fan of Oiltanker before, you
won’t be disappointed.No Tomorrow’s
side is a mix of Discharge, Tragedy, and I can even hear a slight Agnostic
Front influence (Victim in Pain/ Cause for Alarm era).I do want to like this- I really do.However, the bass sound is almost overwhelming,
and the guitar is hard to hear, given that the band seems to do the “wall of
sound” style (that being guitars tuned down, bass amped up, and drums in a
mid-tempo sort of beat).Some like that
sound, but I like to hear the guitars as a separate part of the music (to the
band’s credit, they do have a couple break-off points where they have a
separate guitar track that’s much more distinct).Also, the mid-tempo beat of this throughout
can get dreary after a while.Not “bad”
per se, but I didn’t get overly excited.

Overall, a decent split, with
Oiltanker being the better side.I’d say
stream this first, and it’s likely a case of “genre music for genre
people”.I like the mixing job on the
this record, too; props to the audio engineer.